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Month: May 2018

Iran: Trial Of Dec.2017-Jan 2018 Uprising Detainees In Arak

Iran-HRM - Eleven detainees of the nationwide uprising in Dec. 2017-Jan. 2018 of Arak city’s Shazand region were put on…

Iran: Kurd Writer And Poet Sentenced To Flogging

During past few days, branch one of Kalat Naderi penal court in Khorasan Razavi Province (east of Iran) has sentenced…

Violent Protest ‘Leaves At Least One Dead’ In South Iran

RFL/RE - A violent protest in the city of Kazeroon in southwestern Iran has left at least one person dead…

French Energy Giant Says Will Exit Iran Unless U.S. Sanctions Waived

RFL/RE - French energy giant Total has joined other major European companies in saying they will exit Iran unless U.S.…

As Iran licks its wounds post Trump snap, concerns grow further afield in India, Pakistan

Al-Arabia - US President Donald Trump’s decision to exit the Iran nuclear deal may have pleased most in the Gulf…

ANALYSIS: The challenge of constituting ‘right’ policy toward Iran

Al-Arabia - After months of speculations, finally President Donald Trump pulled out of the Iran nuclear dealformally known as the Joint…

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s Case Re-Opened Ahead of UK Foreign Secretary’s Meeting With Iranian Officials

CHRI - The Mother of a Toddler Has Been Serving a Five-Year Prison Sentence Since 2016 Already serving a five-year prison…

Tehran International Book Fair Features Anti-Baha’i Literature by State-Funded Groups

CHRI - State-funded publishers at Iran’s May 2018 Tehran International Book Fair (TIBF) were permitted to offer dozens of books disparaging the…

Iran: Little Progress to Show UN on Disability Rights

CHRI -Iran is facing a looming deadline to present its response to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)…

Iran maneuvers around gaps to preserve interests in Syria

Al-Monitor - President Donald Trump’s May 8 decision to withdraw from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) has caused…